I went on their website to get some ideas for finishing my Christmas Cards and found an idea for how to organize all my ribbons.

Well Sorta.

I think it could be mis-construed as:

Redneck Can't Get A Real Craft Room kinda idea....

Whatever. L

I've got baskets full of ribbon and have had to make a couple of these ribbon dispensers. I chose to make mine black so I could still focus on the ribbon when trying to make a decision.

In this tutorial I used an empty formula can and an empty margarine tub.

Memory Keepers didn't. They had the good stuff.

The Cute Good Stuff...

Whatever. I Love Mine....

Here's how I've been keeping my ribbon.

I have a 5 drawer rolling cart that works well, but when I work with my ribbon

at my kitchen table, everything becomes mumbo jumbo and disorganized.

There are a couple items that have really helped in my journey to becoming:

While at Hobby Lobby, I splurged because I had a 40% off coupon and bought this:

It's a 2 sided board. One to cut (with my new rotary cutter) and the other to iron on. (since I'm the queen of No-Sew)

The tool I'm Most excited about is my new

Crop-A-Dile!!!

I've been dreaming all night and day about things I want to make holes in...

(Well...to be exactly truthful, I started dreaming only AFTER I went on the website and learned how to use it.)

Let's Get Started!

Materials Needed:

Empty Container. Preferably light weight metal or hard plastic.

Glue Gun and Glue Sticks

Fabric and/or Ribbon of your choice

Rotary Cutter, Exacto Knife, or Sharp Fabric Scissors

Crop-A-Dile Grommet Pusher or traditional grommet tool

Cardboard or other heavy board to protect work area

This old margarine tub is light weight but held up well to the heat of the glue gun.

Pick a starting point, add a thin line of glue and apply fabric.

Hold taught to decrease wrinkles and make a smooth surface.

Once you have the top glued, flip it upside down and hot glue the bottom. Cut off the excess fabric.

Take your gromment or embellishment tool and punch holes all the way around in the desired width apart. I set mine to 31/8" because the embellishments are tiny.

After you get all holes in place, apply an embellishment into each hole and use your tool to set in place.

I counted the holes and grabbed the appropriate number of spools of ribbon.

I took all the ribbon off the spool and stuffed it into the tub while pushing the end of the ribbon through the grommets. Once I had the ribbon pulled out enough, I put the lid on but DO NOT SECURE THE LID.